As Lauren Poe’s final term as Gainesville mayor comes to a close, he reflected on Gainesville’s progress toward equity and inclusion through community engagement programs and historic protections in his state of the city address.
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Although the number of juveniles arrested in Alachua County has decreased since 2019, community members are feeling the effects of teen violence. Law enforcement is finding alternative ways to address the issue as crimes involving firearms continue to rise, according to Alachua County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Art Forgey. Joshua Franklin …
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If signed into law, Clemons’ bill would overturn the work of the Alachua County Charter Review Commission, which decided to keep the county commission makeup as is when it successfully asked voters to endorse several charter changes in November 2020.
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In March of 2021, the City of Gainesville approved the donation of 11 city-owned plots of land to the Alachua Habitat for Humanity. With the donation, the City intended to enable the construction of affordable homes to be sold to first-time homeowners at accessible prices. The project was lauded by …
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The Florida House is discussing a bill that would change Alachua County voters elect their county commissioners. The message is sounding from social media to the capital.
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Cloaked in a flag with shades of teal and seafoam green representing queer men, Rey Arcenas shouted into a megaphone: “This legislation will kill queer youth.” Arcenas, 19, a freshman history and philosophy major at the University of Florida, spoke just before a crowd of 150 began a protest march …
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Levy County is beginning an experimental project that will help convert two of its existing dirt roads to be more cement-like so they can be more stable and manageable. Dirt roads are commonly used in the county, but they can be costly and negatively impact vehicles. However, creating traditional roads on these dirt paths would …
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The Ocala City Council met Wednesday afternoon at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition building to discuss downtown core parking solutions. After reviewing seven sites, the city manager and the team decided that the lot at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, located at 55 SW 3rd Ave, would be the perfect fit.
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Signatures of some voters in apartment buildings and high-rise towers in South Florida whose registration was changed to Republican appeared noticeably different than on paperwork those same voters signed earlier, according to a new review of voting records. The signature comparisons, performed this week in Miami as journalists from the …
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Tensions were riding high at a city workshop Wednesday night as Gainesville residents expressed their sometimes loud objections to an affordable multifamily housing development to be built on a 27.48-acre tract of land behind Regal Royal Park Cinema.
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